Got a Chuckle From Web Ad

[Jim Koepke]

While reading the news this morning an ad caught my eye for a new product that keeps knives sharp:

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Wow, who would have thunk it?

jtk

[Dennis Peacock]

Well, I have a couple that I could throw his way and no matter how much sharpening he does with them...they will never look like the picture. :)

[Doug Garson]

That's amazing, I heard they are also working on a device the let's you talk to someone without being in the same room. Something about a telyfone?

[Bill Dufour]

You can even send a Marconigram now, over the ether to a faraway land. Some day Man will land on the moon. By then we will be more correct and say People instead of just Man.

[Bruce Wrenn]

Reminds me of the early days of the space program. US spent MILLIONS developing a pen that would write under all conditions that were to be expected on a space craft. Russians gave their guys a #2 pencil. Who was smarted?

[Jim Koepke]

Reminds me of the early days of the space program. US spent MILLIONS developing a pen that would write under all conditions that were to be expected on a space craft. Russians gave their guys a #2 pencil. Who was smarted?

It depends, have the pen makers paid enough in taxes to show a return on the investment?

Have you compared notes made in pencil to those made in ink after 20, 30, 50, 100 years or more?

jtk

[roger wiegand]

It depends, have the pen makers paid enough in taxes to show a return on the investment?

Have you compared notes made in pencil to those made in ink after 20, 30, 50, 100 years or more?

jtk

Actually I have; pencil wins hands down. Both markings inside old organs and notations on paper books and rolls from 100+ years ago. The pencil is always perfectly clear, the pen strictly dependent on the ink used. Something like India ink lasts forever (just another allotrope of carbon), dye-based inks are a complete crapshoot whether they last five years or 100.

[Bob Turkovich]

Reminds me of the early days of the space program. US spent MILLIONS developing a pen that would write under all conditions that were to be expected on a space craft. Russians gave their guys a #2 pencil. Who was smarted?


Not quite true...

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-nasa-spen/

[Jim Becker]

Bunch a stoners with sharp minds.... :) :D

[Michael Weber]

Unfortunately they will probably make some, if not a fortune, from this ad. Like a lot of ads it may make sense to enough people without background knowledge.

[Jim Matthews]

Bunch a stoners with sharp minds.... :) :D

Ooo. Heavy.